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Summary of Contents for MIC-D

Page 1: ...OLYMPUS Quick Start Guide...

Page 2: ...O Oblique Illumination Mode LED illuminator j C anrr 1 Wires illuminator Head Diffusion FlIler Condenser Lens Stage Glass Body Housing Focusing Lens Reflected Light Port Zoom Handle Ellipt iCally nd...

Page 3: ...ities so you ll be up and takin g pictures in no ti me MIC D P arts E xplained MIC D Software Introduction Choosing Your Specimen MIC D Basic Controls Illumination Technique Image Capture Window Still...

Page 4: ...2 Get To Know The M C D Lamp Head Light Diffuser Stage Optical Zoom Control Magnification Indicator Base Tilting Lamp Arm Focus Control Light Intensity Control...

Page 5: ...latform to place speci mens or samples for observation The MIC D s Stage glides 5mm in any hor izontal direction and ca n be rotated 360 degrees Use the Gliding Stage to adjust the specimen position R...

Page 6: ...4 MIC D Software Image Capture Window Library Window Image Processing Window kil...

Page 7: ...bar below the live window The scale bar light intensity and image format may also be adjusted here Io _Librar y Window The Library Window is where you can view your captured images as thumbnails or i...

Page 8: ...ed in Brightfield Oblique or Darkfield Use Oblique Illumination to highlight structural details and Darkfield for low contrast specimens Oblique Illumination will shade rises and depressions in your s...

Page 9: ...sity after it is initially set Turn the Optical Zoom Control to a minimum setting The Optical Zoom Control enables the user to physically adjust the position of the microscope s lens to obtain magnifi...

Page 10: ...ght specimen or sample to emphasize contrast Use Oblique Illumination to highlight structural detail by shadowing the hills and valleys Use Darkfield to create a black background and to emphasize spec...

Page 11: ...ppears evenly lit Reflected Light Use the Reflected Light Illumination setting to view opaque specimens and samples Le a circuit board or a frog s skin Rotate the Illumination Arm fully counter clockw...

Page 12: ...s Last Captured Image Image Capture Record Movie Set Scale Manual E xposure Setting Save To Directory Resolution Adjustment Still Image Format Selected Image circled Captured Images Film Strip Moving...

Page 13: ...optical zoom level of the microscope To do this first read the zoom level from the scale below the Optical Zoom Control of the microscope then set the Slide Bar in the Image Capture Window to the sam...

Page 14: ...12 MIC D Software ne Lapse Movie Recording Time Lapse Movie Recording Tab Record Movie Start Stop Timelapse Select O n Off Integral Select Seconds Integral Select Minutes Number Of Frames Select...

Page 15: ...e chosen _I im Lapse Movie Record Tab Click on this tab to pull up the Time Lapse Movie Recording Window _l ime Lapse Select On Of When this button is blue the Time Lapse function is off and pressing...

Page 16: ...side of the Folder Select Browse bar opens up a directory so that you can browse for a pre existing folder Don t forget to give your images a name in the Image Name bar Use a name that will help you...

Page 17: ...mation Date Time Resolution Size Location Save Image to Album Saved Image Name Selected Image s Display selected image s Full Screen Image Processing Display Movie Print Image Upl oad Image s S I I f...

Page 18: ...selected movie or just double click on the Movie Thumbnail _ P rint Image__ Click here to print a selected image _ Delete Image__ Click here to delete a selected image or movie A confirmation window w...

Page 19: ...ed when the program is closed or opened __Saved Image Name Don t forget to name your images and movies It helps to give images descriptive names such as Earthworm 22x mag for locating saved images at...

Page 20: ...tton Movies play back is also in the full screen mode L Image Comparison Window Holding down the shift key and clicking on two or more thumbnails allows several images to be selected Once the images a...

Page 21: ...images Movies cannot be imported into the Image Processing Window Adjustments that you can make to your images include Annotation Labeling Line Drawing Date Time Stamp Resolution Scale Bar Image Manip...

Page 22: ...ick on the Import Text to Image button then click and drag the text to the desired position in the image For line drawing select the line style you want click the Import button and move the mouse curs...

Page 23: ...orizontal Flip Vertical Digital Zoom Select Point or Area for White or Black Balance Sampling Reset Selected Function Information and Scale Bar Color Select W hite Balance Apply W hite Balance Select...

Page 24: ...ver a white area is sufficient if you are using the Point sampling tool Next click on Apply White Balance Note the slight difference in the image Carry out the correspo nding Black Balance adjustment...

Page 25: ...ed light image Remove any specimen or sample from the stage With one eye on the Live Image Window rotate the Gliding Stage until the Live Image appears darkest At the darkest position the Live Image s...

Page 26: ...Notes...

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Page 28: ...OLYMPUS 1 www mic d com OLYMPUS AMERICA INe 2 Corporate Center Drive Melville NY 11747 3157 U S A www olympusamerica com...

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